My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 215 Where Did This Corpse Come From

Chapter 215: Chapter 215 Where Did This Corpse Come From

"Cough, why do you think this isn’t Ruolan?"

At this point, Yan Lian couldn’t hold it in any longer and asked anxiously.

"Back then, every maid entering the Prince Residence had a mark carved on her right arm."

He spoke in a calm voice.

"Yes, yes, yes, Ruolan indeed had a mark on her right arm!"

At this moment, Nan Xing also remembered and spoke excitedly.

The female corpse in front of them did not have that so-called mark, which meant she wasn’t Ruolan!

They all breathed a sigh of relief and almost burst into tears of joy.

Baihan’s eyes reddened again.

It was good that it wasn’t Ruolan. It was good that it wasn’t Ruolan...

But after her relief, a strange thought arose in her heart.

She suddenly looked up, staring at Tang Ze in shock.

Why did he know so much about the Prince Residence?

"Tang Yu, you go investigate this woman’s identity thoroughly," Tang Ze commanded Tang Yu in a cold voice.

Tang Yu?

A sharp light flashed in Shi Jing’s eyes.

He finally confirmed Tang Ze’s identity.

Tang Sect Master!

"Tang Sect Master, this is the Nanduan Capital. Your people are acting willfully. Is this really appropriate?" He spoke harshly.

"It’s true that Tang Sect belongs to the Jianghu, and it’s true that Tang Sect does not interfere in court affairs. But now my subordinates and I are working with the Eastern Palace. A murder in the capital city and the Crown Prince investigating isn’t excessive, is it?"

Tang Ze stood up slowly, his cold gaze fixed on Shi Jing, then he asked back expressionlessly.

Was it really true that the Crown Prince had appointed Tang Sect Master as the Think Tank?

What exactly did the Crown Prince want to achieve?

A hint of darkness flashed in Shi Jing’s eyes.

"Hanhan, this female corpse is dressed exactly like your maid; it seems someone wants to deceive you," Tang Ze said solemnly as he walked to Baihan’s side.

Hanhan?

Everyone looked at Tang Yu in shock.

Since when had he become so close with the Commandery Princess?

While Baihan was lost in these thoughts, she failed to notice the oddity in Tang Ze’s address.

She said with a grave tone, "All these events are too coincidental. Just when Xiang Zhang committed suicide, leaving behind many so-called intimate letters with me, then as soon as I went to the Commandery Prince Residence, the Commandery Princess died and the Commandery Prince wished for death himself. Now someone tries to deceive me that Ruolan killed herself out of fear of the crime..."

"It seems the murderer is playing a big game, coming on strongly," Tang Ze continued her thoughts.

"If we cannot find this person, more will likely die."

"Indeed, the clothes on this female corpse are Ruolan’s, including the bracelet. The fact that someone could get hold of these items means Ruolan must be in their hands. We must find her quickly, or she might be in mortal danger," Baihan said urgently.

Just when she had finally begun to relax, her heart was anxious again.

"Princess, I misspoke earlier and I apologize for that. Are you looking for someone? My guards are skilled in martial arts; perhaps let them help?" Nan Leqin said as she approached, feigning remorse.

Seeing her act, Baihan could only scoff inwardly.

It turned out, Nan Leqin was also a master of acting.

"Princess, I cannot accept your ’kindness’! Wuji, Wuming, continue the search in this area!" Baihan commanded.

"Yes, Princess!"

Wuming and Wuji quickly led the guards to continue the search.

Baihan had no time to deal with Nan Leqin’s pretenses.

She turned and walked to the riverbank,

gazing at the shimmering water, her thoughts rapidly spinning.

"Why would the murderer dump the body here after committing the crime?" she muttered softly.

"Dumping a body by the riverbank makes it easy to be discovered."

Yan Lian worried that Tang Ze might spend more time with Chu Baihan, so he quickly stepped forward, wedging himself between them and chimed in.

At that moment, Nan Xing shook his head and said, "Prince Lian, you are not aware. Nanduan Kingdom has many rivers, and this river is least conspicuous. Hardly anyone comes here on a normal day. If it weren’t because we started searching the city for Ruolan, we might not have thought to come here."

"Could it be that the murderer was also afraid that the body would be discovered, so they dumped it here?"

Yan Lian then made an opposite conjecture.

"No," Chu Baihan spoke sternly in denial, "The murderer dressed the female corpse in Ruolan’s clothes, then dumped the body and even daubed the corpse’s face with something to prevent us from recognizing her, making us believe that Ruolan was dead. The murderer did so much, how could they intend to discreetly dump the body? They surely intended for this princess to witness their deeds."

"Something was daubed on the face?" The crowd was shocked.

Chu Baihan then approached the female corpse. She took out a handkerchief, wiped the face of the corpse, and then sniffed it.

"Indeed, something was applied. This river doesn’t have many fish, and within just a few hours, the body wouldn’t deteriorate to such an extent. Besides, have you ever seen fish eat only the face of a corpse?"

Chu Baihan further questioned.

At this, everyone suddenly realized.

The murderer indeed went to great lengths.

"Having done so much, the murderer must have wanted to quickly confuse us. Then they should not have placed the body here," Chu Baihan’s tone grew even colder.

"Is it possible, this is not the first crime scene?" Tang Ze spoke gravely.

"Where is the upstream of this river?" at this moment, Yan Lian spoke again.

"Ahem, Ninth Prince, this is the upstream,"

Jian Yun quietly reminded at that moment.

Yan Lian quickly looked over.

Sure enough, he saw the river water flowing down from a mountain nearby, then gently flowing away.

Indeed, this was the upstream.

"Could it be, the body flowed down from the mountain?" he continued to mutter.

"That’s impossible. If it had flowed down from the mountain, the body would have had external injuries," Chu Baihan shook her head.

She continued to squat down, then pressed on the corpse’s neck.

"There’s something inside her neck," she said sternly.

"Nan Xing, the dagger!"

"Yes, Princess!"

Chu Baihan took the dagger, not caring that her hands hurt from the force.

She murmured "Forgive me," and then plunged the dagger in.

She was opening the female corpse’s neck.

This scene made both Nan Leqin and Jian Yun involuntarily step back.

After the neck was opened...

There was actually a jade ring stuck inside.

"Perhaps, this was one of her causes of death," Chu Baihan frowned and said.

Speaking, she then took out the jade ring and instructed Nan Xing, "This jade ring is of no ordinary quality. Go check a few jade shops in the capital."

"Yes, Princess."

Chu Baihan then continued to closely examine the woman.

"Her figure is exquisite, her fingers soft, it seems she never did any rough work. The nail polish is the latest style popular in the capital. She must be from a wealthy family, or perhaps a kept mistress," she whispered softly.

Nan Xing went out and woke up several jade shop keepers on the street, and indeed managed to learn something.

She ran back, panting, and said solemnly, "Princess, this is a jade ring from Jade Pavilion. Their shop serves only high-ranking officials and nobles, and the shopkeeper remembered where it went."

"Whom did they sell it to?"

"To Commandery Prince Xiang!"